ring false | Idiomator

Meaning: (idiomatic)Toseemto beincorrect, orimplausible.Synonym:ring hollowAntonym:ring trueHis excuse about his car breaking down againrings falseto me.2018December 12, Charles Bramesco, “A Spoonful of Nostalgia Helps the CalculatedMary Poppins ReturnsGo Down”, inThe A.V. Club‎[1], archived fromthe originalon24 May 2019:Moments of potential transcendence, such as an afternoon constitutional through an expressionistic wonderland recalling the Fuji Velvia vividness ofWhat Dreams May Come,ring falsein light of this project's mercenary origins.2022September 22, Jess Thomson, “‘Becoming a meme totally helps a show’: is TV being written with epic gifs in mind?”, inThe Guardian‎[2]:But to some viewers, itrang false. They had seen this pattern before: show writes meme-able scene; scene becomes meme; instant marketing; profit.

Examples:

EN: It does not ring false alarms.
ES: No se llama cuando es falsa alarma.
EN: And by creating a fake environmental group, this man deliberately made our legitimate claims ring false.
ES: Y al crear un grupo medioambiental falso, este hombre deliberadamente hizo que las legítimas demandas sean falsas.
ID: Dengan menciptakan kelompok lingkungan palsu, pria ini sengaja membuat klaim sah kami terdengar palsu.
EN: But they ring false.
ES: Pero suena falso, a veces.
EN: The phrase "rest of your life" makes it ring false to me.
HI: "उन्हें बचाने" का उनका वचन मुझे जिज्ञासु बनाता है
EN: Does that not ring false to you?
ID: Apa itu tidak terdengar janggal bagimu?
EN: This claim, however, should ring false in the ears of U.S. policymakers.
TE: ఈ పేరు వింటేనే అమెరికా సామ్రాజ్య వాదుల గుండెల్లో గుబులు పుడుతుంది.
EN: It always seemed to ring false in a way.
TE: ప్రజు ఎప్పటికప్పుడు ఏదొక రూపంలో నిరసన స్వరం వినిపిస్తూనే ఉన్నారు.

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